Nurse

Job Description

Accountabilities:

• Disinfects clinical surfaces and equipment at the beginning of the day and after each patient.
• Greets patient to the examination room.
• Takes and documents medical history from patient.
• Screens patients for the risk of fall, nutritional deficiency, functional risk.
• Takes and documents vital signs.
• Triage patients at the emergency room to categorize their emergency status.
• Performs minor wound dressings.
• Monitors patients under observation.
• Prepares and administers intramuscular and intravenous medications under aseptic conditions.
• Escorts patients in ambulance.
• Ensures patients’ dignity during examinations and procedures.
• Assists physicians in performing patients’ examinations and procedures.
• Closely follows infection control guidelines for managing patients and their body fluids.
• withdraws blood from patients for laboratory investigations in the emergency room.
• Performs point of care tests.
• Brings used instruments to the dirty utility rooms.
• Monitors stocks of consumable material to ensure an uninterrupted supply.
• Keeps an inventory of medical equipment.
  
  

The employee’s duties are not limited to the above-mentioned accountabilities. The manager can assign other duties based on the business need.

Position Relationship with Other Parties:

Internal Relationships:

• Radiology
• Laboratory technicians
• Nurses
• Physicians
  
  

External Relationships:

• Patients.
  
  

Work Environment:

• Indoors: 100%
• Outdoors: 0%
• Working Days: 6 Working Days
• Days off: 1 Days Off
• Working Hours: 9 AM to 1 PM and from 5 pm to 9 pm with 4 hours break (1 PM to 5 PM)
  
  

Job Requirements:

Education: BSc. In nursing from a recognized nursing college.

Experience:2 years of clinical experience following the degree.

Computer Skills:Healthcare Information System .

Languages: English and Arabic (fluent speaking and writing)